Daisy Jazz Isobel Ridley (born 10 April 1992) is an English actress. She starred as Rey in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which has brought her worldwide recognition.







Early life

Ridley was born on 10 April 1992, in Westminster, London, the daughter of Louise Fawkner-Corbett and Chris Ridley. Her great-uncle was actor and playwright Arnold Ridley, who played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army. She attended Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Hertfordshire, graduating in 2010.


Career

Beginnings
Ridley has appeared in the television programmes Youngers, Silent Witness, Mr Selfridge and Casualty. She also appeared in the short film "Blue Season," which was entered into the Sci-Fi-London 48-Hour Film Challenge. She played the lead in film three of Lifesaver, an interactive film which was nominated for a BAFTA Award.She has also appeared in the music video for Wiley's song "Lights On".

Star Wars
In April 2014, Ridley's casting as Rey, one of the lead characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, was announced. She was chosen for the film in February 2014. Her choice by director J. J. Abrams was seen as a repeat of George Lucas's move of casting relatively unknown actors for the lead roles in the first Star Wars film in 1977. At the time of her casting she was, according to Rolling Stone, a "total unknown", and according to Inc., had no IMDb bio, no Wikipedia article, and just a few hundred Instagram followers. In October 2015, Ridley appeared at the launch of a set of Star Wars postage stamps issued by the UK postal service Royal Mail, with Ridley's character Rey featuring in a stamp along with the droid BB-8. After an early screening of the film, Brian Viner of The Daily Mail called Ridley the "real star of the show", adding that her performance as Rey should "send her career into orbit".




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